Welcome to the Outpost Universe!

The Outpost Universe is a fan site devoted to the Sierra released games Outpost 1 and Outpost 2: Divided Destiny. Feel free to drop by our chatroom for a few games of Outpost 2, or some realtime chat with other fans. Or perhaps drop by our forums and leave us a message or join in on one of the topics. Here we have extensive discussions of gameplay, storylines, modding, or the latest patches, releases and projects being worked on.

The Outpost Universe has managed to attract both gamers and programmers alike. If you're a gamer, than join up with the other gamers for a few quick skirmishes, or perhaps discuss strategy on the forums. If you're a programmer, or looking to get into programming, then you are sure to find a few like minded people who can share what they know, or help you along. Or if you're a gamer who is looking for precise descriptions of how Outpost 2 works internally so you can perfectly optimize your next killer strategy, well, we have people that can probably help with that too.

Currently, the Outpost Universe offers a NetFix patch to help people play Outpost 2 over the internet who are behind a home router. It's not a complete WON replacement, but it's a significant step in the right direction. We also have a Hamachi network setup for people who would prefer to play over a VPN. For level designers, we have a mission development kit and map editor if you want to try your hand at making new Outpost 2 levels, but be warned, you pretty much have to be a programmer to use these tools, and you'll need a C++ compiler. Bug fixes and enhancement patches are also provided for various issues that have cropped up over the years, such as the option button highlighting, screen resolution issues, network gameplay problems, or just wanting to build twice as many units. We also provide a patched version with the cheats disabled, so you'll never again have to worry about cheats ruining your next online game of Outpost 2. Please be advised that different versions of Outpost 2 are not compatible with each other in network games, and most people here choose to use the patched version from the download section. The list of bug fixes and enhancments included is too large to list here, but if you're curious to see what we've done with the game, then check out ChangeLog.txt included in the download package.

So, why not stop by our forums to signup and say "Hello!", and see our current projects.

News
  Planned Forum Outage
Posted by Galactic on Apr 12 2013, 07:20 AM GMT  |  Comments: 2

On Sunday, 04/14/13, the forum will be inaccessible between 12:00pm and 3:00pm EST while the server undergoes updates.


  Game Server Changeover
Posted by Hooman on Feb 19 2013, 10:36 PM GMT  |  Comments: 5

To access the game server, change the GameServerAddr setting in Outpost2.ini to:
GameServerAddr="outpost2.net:47800"


The old machine running the game server is being retired. Please use the new address above.


The SVN repository will also be down for a while. I've made a backup of the data, but I don't currently have a plan in place for where the repository will move to. It might be nice to run it on the same machine as the web server, but I believe another user is already running an SVN server there, so the port is currently taken.



  Game Server Hardware Update
Posted by Hooman on Jan 19 2013, 01:08 PM GMT  |  Comments: 3

The game server will be down while some hardware is swapped around. Depending on component compatibility, it's possible a new OS install will be done as well.


There is a backup server though, in case people want to play games meanwhile. To use the other server, edit Outpost2.ini, comment out the old GameServer line and add the following one:
GameServerAddr="outpost2.net:47800"
IMPORTANT: All clients must be using the same game server to see each other's games. Hence this should only be done temporarily.

As a side note, I plan to make the outpost2.net game server the primary at some point in the future, but I'd like that change to be rolled into an updated download package so everyone switches at basically the same time.


Edit: Game server is now back up.


  Xmpp Server Down
Posted by Galactic on Sep 11 2012, 11:37 PM GMT  |  Comments: 11

The XMPP Server is currently down. Blackbox and I are working on getting back up and running. I anticipate by tomorrow evening it will be back up. There are some issues with Java updates causing multiple errors in the software we use for the XMPP server.

Sorry for the inconvenience.